blunderbuss
n. 老式的大口径短枪, 蠢才
发音
UK
/ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/
US
/ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/
AU
词形变化
blunderbusses
复数
blunderbusses
blunderbussed
blunderbusses
三单
blunderbussing
blunderbussing
现在分词
blunderbussed
过去式
blunderbussed
过去分词
别名
blunderbush
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
雷筒
雷管
v.
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1.
To shoot with a blunderbuss.
及物
词汇关系
词源
From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
来源:wiktionary